Evaluation of Toxoplasma gondii immunoglobulin G (IgG) and IgM assays incorporating the new Vidia analyzer system

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1076-1079

  Calderaro, Adriana ^a   Piccolo, Giovanna ^a   Peruzzi, Simona ^a   Gorrini, Chiara ^a   Chezzi, Carlo ^a   Dettori, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 47649108087     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00025-08     Document Type: Article

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